AP Health Writer North Carolina health workers are distributing Benadryl and epinephrine injections to communities after hurricane flooding has caused bees and yellow jackets to swarm from their underground nests. Hospitals, emergency responders and doctors have been requesting allergy medications as more people run into the insects in Helene’s wake. Anaphylaxis is a rare but
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — “Yo voy el 10 de enero a tomar posesión de mi cargo como presidente electo de Venezuela”. Con una convicción que no había mostrado desde su llegada a España, Edmundo González afirmó este viernes en el Foro La Toja, un espacio de debate político que se celebra en el noroeste
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Officials are investigating how a man convicted of assaulting a woman was able to cut off his GPS monitor and escape from a restrictive housing complex in Washington state, prompting a multistate search until he was captured Thursday. Damion Blevins, 33, was arrested outside a Portland, Oregon, convenience store after a three-day
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Officials are investigating how a man convicted of assaulting a woman was able to cut off his GPS monitor and escape from a restrictive housing complex in Washington state, prompting a multistate search until he was captured Thursday. Damion Blevins, 33, was arrested outside a Portland, Oregon, convenience store after a three-day
Continue ReadingCROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut nursing home official says a man fatally shot his 81-year-old wife for reasons that aren’t clear and then took his own life. The shooting happened Friday at the Apple Rehab in Cromwell, south of Hartford. Company vice president Michael Landi says the woman was alone in her room when
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A suburban New York school district has barred patients of a former nurse practitioner who pleaded guilty to running a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination card scheme. The move by school officials in the Long Island hamlet of Plainedge comes nearly three years after Long Island nurse practitioner Julie DeVuono was
Continue ReadingBy Mark Morales and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Another top aide of embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams is stepping down. First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, who had her phones seized by federal investigators in September, is expected to resign, according to a source familiar with the plan. It is not yet known when
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Maupin Click here for updates on this story TULSA, Oklahoma (KJRH) — A deadly crash closed Highway 169 from Pine to 36th Street North on Oct. 3. The Tulsa Police Department said a large truck carrying rocks overturned and caught fire, closing both north and southbound lanes. The crash took several hours to
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It has been a tough week for the Caldera football team’s seniors, after forfeiting two of their wins and losing their head coach. To the seniors, they have already moved on and are ready to head into IMC play. They just want to show everyone in Central Oregon what Wolfpack football is all about.
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Sanders Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — When you’re in high school, life is all about getting a cool set of wheels. Well, the wheels out at East Hickman High Thursday were certainly catching attention. It’s the start of what may be a new homecoming tradition. “Anthony, what
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to western North Carolina, a shiny stainless steel tanker truck in downtown Asheville attracted residents carrying 5-gallon containers, milk jugs and buckets to fill with what has become a desperately scare resource — drinking water. Flooding tore through the city’s water
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Flooding in northern Thailand has forced many residents of the city of Chiang Mai and its outskirts to seek safety on higher ground, with members of the animal world under similar threat. Evacuations are underway at Elephant Nature Park, which houses around 3,000 rescued animals, including 125 elephants. Video posted online shows
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A Pennsylvania school district has reversed course and boarded up window openings it recently installed that allowed people in a middle school hallway to peer into two gender-neutral-designated bathrooms. South Western School District Superintendent Jay Burkhart said Friday that the two windows were installed in recent weeks following an August vote by the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s geological service says that one of the Amazon River’s main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level in 122 years, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country. The level of the Negro River at the port of Manaus was
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — One Egyptian girl, 11, and her 18-year-old sister were among those killed after Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants earlier this week. Two Mexican soldiers opened fire on a truck carrying migrants in the southern state of Chiapas, killing the sisters and four other migrants
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Canadian ice dancer Nikolaj Sørensen has been suspended for a minimum of six years for “sexual maltreatment,” Canada’s Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC) announced on Wednesday. The suspension comes after an investigation by the OSIC into Sørensen’s alleged 2012 sexual assault of an American figure skater and coach, the alleged
Continue ReadingBy Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — Every day, Doug Owen’s lively East Nashville neighborhood is on display as he works from a standing desk in his living room. “I’ve got a desk that the kids gave me for Father’s Day years ago that raises up, now it’s
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El crecimiento del empleo en EE.UU. se aceleró mucho más de lo previsto el mes pasado, proporcionando cierta tranquilidad extra a la actual estabilidad del mercado laboral. Los empresarios crearon unos 254.000 puestos de trabajo en septiembre, según los datos publicados el viernes por la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales. La
Continue ReadingBy Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story October 4, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — In a county as diverse and forward-thinking as Fort Bend, voters can see through thinly veiled attempts to discredit community leaders like Judge Tameika Carter – the presiding Judge of the 400th District Court. Recent attacks on
Continue ReadingAssociated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has unsealed arrest warrants for six men allegedly linked to a brutal Libyan militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves were discovered in 2020. The court said Friday the warrants cover “war crimes allegedly
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